Bhattacharya, Letai & other politicals at NIH keep trying to to say all at NIH is fine, because they spent the full budget last year. This well researched article from @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social explains exactly why many scientists are still struggling. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...
To clarify, not the ORCID ID as a link. But a link that is posted to ORCID as one of your works/publications. The new guidance seems to imply that *that* link can now be cited as one of your five 'closely related' and 'other' work products.
Related (maybe?):
Has anyone sought or received guidance on the "no website except your MyNCBI bibliography" vs "you can cite websites as work products in the new BioSketch"?
It appears that if the website is an ORCID "work", it can be included – which seems to conflict with original intent.
"the colleges that dominate the headlines are not the colleges that most Americans attend
their core mission: to serve students from all backgrounds, at a price families can actually afford, prepare graduates for real careers and meaningful lives."
www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...
The stakes you're gambling, Dave, are frighteningly high.
This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥
A worthwhile read.
My main gripe with the alphafold example is how it shows you need decades and decades of high quality data, well structured, open and accessible to train a model -- and yet they always gloss over it and pretend it's just AI and magic. No, we need to continuously invest in real data and FAIR data.
I too broke out in a cold sweat.
In 2023, researchers witnessed a rare event—a sperm whale being born. Their findings suggest a previously unknown level of coöperation among whales. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/LdFF2o
To try and sneak some "Chemical Biology" into our Structural Biology curriculum, I discussed their 2018 paper on FphE for years. I look forward to seeing where this story has gone in this latest paper.
cc: Reviewers looking for "high impacts publications"
Since NIGMS is leaning heavily into R35s, which are not percentiled (externally, at least), are there data on NIGMS R35 scores and funding rates?
I worked in a grocery store for ~5 yr. One day, the 7-up delivery guy was behind the store throwing 2L bottles sky high and watching them explode. The Asst. store manager Vance stood on the loading dock saying, "What the..."
Some days, I feel like the soda guy;
Other days, Vance.
Same vibe:
As our local donuts get bigger and bigger, my wife and I unlocked a new level of self-restraint last week when we bought only one and shared it.
Highly recommend this article.
From the abstract: "We predict that 25% of all bacterial non-ribosomal peptide synthetases encode metallophore production 😮 and that significant chemical diversity remains undiscovered."
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Be sure to read this review by Kenan Bozhüyük & co. @helmholtzhips.bsky.social highlighting the tools and strategies for NRPS and PKS pathway exploration and engineering in our latest issue #natprod #secmet
Find the full article below👇
"The biomedical research community is facing the prospect of major funding disruptions again this year." www.science.org/content/arti...
Cheat sheet for ChimeraX.
ChimeraX cheat sheet brought to you by Alejandro Pereira. www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/dat...
Whoa.
I'm sorry but a pull-quote like this requires that the article contains an image of a Homo habilis individual dressed in jeans and a hoodie.
I don't make the rules.
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
Excellent news. The NIGMS Building Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) T34 NOFO is published. First due is Feb 25th, for December 26 funding. This condenses previous UG NOFOs so reach out to email/previous PO if you have Qs. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪
Whoa!
There is still time to register and submit an abstract to the 29th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference. The venue has extended the deadline for room reservations at negotiated rate. It is shaping up to be a great event.
www.enzymemechanismsconference.org
So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers.
Here's what happened:
scientiapsychiatrica.com/index.php/Sc...
Excited to be going on @thedailyshow.com tonight to discuss climate change, my new book, and the general state of the planet.
